Cinanima89
A blast from the past:
1989 animation festival held in Portugal called Cinanima89..it boasted animations ” from Australia to the USSR, Iran or the USA”.. an International festival. I didn’t realise my film ‘Mum’s Friend’ was competing with this one, from Georges Swchwizgebel called Le Sujet du tableau:
Heath Robinson
Heath Robinson’s drawings of contraptions filled many a childhood with enjoyment, tracing each wire, cog and pully to its logical conclusion.
Image from the Walker Art Gallery
See also the pilot film ‘Uncle Lubin’ by Tony White here.
Moving graffiti
A fun animation made in the wilds of the UK ( I assume)….No. I was wrong-Switzerland is the place, and another one in New York and Berlin. The artist travels. A raw animation, with gusto.
Yuri Norshteyn
The animator Yuri Norshteyn and his wife Francheska Yarbusova have been hard at work on their film The Overcoat . They started making the film in 1981. The film is still in production.
The first 30 minutes had limited release late 2007. It looks outstanding if this short clip is any guide (low resolution only).[MEDIA not found]
Another short clip of low resolution from the same source (c) WEPA
Animation techniques
Link to Caroline Leaf Two Sisters direct drawing on film stock. This site has other animators with online films including this one by Michele Cournoyer The Hat.
This is also a good site Animatsiya in English with some pictorial references to techniques used by Russian animators.
Animation is like music. Music is only alive when performed. Animation gives life to drawings through sound and movement. Music is superior, as the same piece of music has the potential for a myriad of interpretations by different musicians. Hmm, this line of logic [...]
Petrov
A link to Alexander Petrov talking about animation and making film . Shows his application of paint and the use of props and live models (actors) to achieve the realism in his animations. Part 2 is interesting in showing his use of props in the making of the Old man and the sea.
Another link to a Petrov interview (English translation) Big Movie Zone: The Old Man and the Sea [Behind-the-Scenes]
Interview with Academy Award-winning director Aleksandr Petrov. Courtesy of Pascal Blais Distribution.
A link to the film by Alexander Petrov – [...]
Paris 2002
A central park in Paris, in April 2002, just after seeing Chaim Soutine’s paintings of hanging meat and bellboys, or, is that a memory in my head, and the gallery was closed, or paintings on-loan overseas, and the park was from a movie set? Just kidding.
Portrait of Souitine by Amedeo Modigliani
Animation links
My YouTube links seem to suffer deletions: A gentle film by Lesciov was here once. Try the following whilst they exist: Animation of Disney and Dali and “The Log” here
The following sites are locations for the holders of the creative content, so they should remain available.
The showcase of Piotr Dumala here and Paul and Sandra Fierlinger’s current work My Dog Tulip.
Animation and Propaganda
Animated anti soviet propaganda. Not sure of production date-refers to Harding College here? Is it art?
The fly (animation)
A 1981 Oscar winning animation. Direct in your face animation, and drawn with no tricks. Animator: Ferenc Rúfusz, (Hungary) A film I saw in 1988, that excited the creative senses.
Capitalism made simple (1949)
Link 1949 animation defending Capitalism Harding College Production.
Repost from Wigley 2007